Blog - Limited editions are limited (Perfume)
Limited editions are limited (Perfume)
Two days ago, Perfume's "Game" album was released, in two editions: limited and regular. Lately there are often limited editions including a bonus DVD, for a few extra hundred yen it gives fans a reason to get the album and get it early. I had seen lots of people lining up to buy it on release day, but at that time I had kind of renounced. So far I hadn't bought any Perfume, even though I love capsule (I have most albums) and all of Nakata Yasutaka's works (including Perfume). But for Perfume so far I had been happy with the videos I saw on YouTube, and I felt like I had missed the boat with previous releases most of which have gone rare.
Today I got an email from someone (you know who you are!) asking for help getting the limited edition of Denki Groove's "J-POP" album. The album came out at the beginning of the month, and I'm not surprised that the limited edition is already gone from major online retailers, and it's probably about nowhere to be found in shops too.
So that reminded me of Perfume, and I looked up the online shops and the limited edition was already gone everywhere! It was also being sold at a higher price at Amazon Marketplace and Yahoo Auctions..! Two days after release! Well that was enough to make me crave for it, and I went "hunting" tonight. While some shops I checked were already sold out of the limited edition, I was lucky to find a shop where there were still several dozens of it (Tower Records Ikebukuro).
I could have saved a bit more by pre-ordering it at Amazon, but I'm happy to have found my copy for retail price. So this teaches a lesson: always pre-order those limited editions!
Oh, and I haven't even yet listened to the album, but I've watched the DVD and I'm impressed with the girls' tight choreography at their Liquid Room live show! If you don't know yet, it's official that Perfume are really the big thing in techno-pop right now.
Enough talk, here's Perfume's video for "Secret Secret", a tie-up with Pino ice cream!
Posted on April 19, 2008 at 00:19 | Tweet
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